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I wanted to post this work in progress. Before I moved to VT, I started restoring a boat with an old buddy who is an engineer and wooden boat builder. (If you are interested in seeing his stuff, send me an email or message. I don’t want to appear to be advertising for him. He builds 18’ wooden fishing boats that could be mistaken for being 100 years old, but he hides a lot of modern materials and techniques in them to make them hold up better.)
Anyway, last winter I was thinking of doing a kit boat and I asked this buddy which kit company he would recommend. He said, “Naw, don’t do that. I have a 1935 Old Town Square Stern that I stripped and never restored. It ...